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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Paris, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Louvre director Laurence des Cars on Wednesday acknowledged shortcomings in the museum's surveillance system and announced a series of new security measures.
Speaking to the French Senate (the upper house of parliament), L. de Car said the museum's CCTV cameras were insufficient and that Sunday's jewelry theft exposed several "weak points."
"We are experiencing a terrible failure at the Louvre, for which I take my share of responsibility," she said, adding that she had submitted her resignation, but the culture minister had rejected it.
L. de Car announced a number of measures to enhance security, including strengthening perimeter protection with anti-vehicle barriers, expanding and upgrading the surveillance system throughout the museum complex, and asking the Ministry of the Interior to establish a police station inside the museum.
She defended the museum's existing €80 million/US$92.89 million security plan, dismissing a recent report that said there had been "constant delays" in the plan's implementation.
French President Emmanuel Macron called for faster security upgrades at the Louvre during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
The museum reopened to visitors on Wednesday morning, three days after the high-profile theft of jewelry valued at an estimated 88 million euros (US$102 million). –0–
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